Thursday, November 18, 2010

I got home today and found this lovely bit of awesome in my inbox...hope you all enjoy it!

In their own words....

"We've just kicked off our 5 Year anniversary releases with a new compilation, "5 Years Of Bass", and as a thank you to everyone who has supported us over the years we're giving you a free download of the whole album...

5 Years ago, at the age of 16, label boss Josh Brandon pressed up 200 copies of his latest bedroom production and began walking round London selling them to anyone who would listen. And 5 years and over 50 releases on we are proud to have been able to deliver so many top quality tracks from so many amazing artists, including some of Dubstep's leading artists and most prolific rising talent. From being home to Kiss FM's Hatcha, MRK1, Kromestar, Tes La Rok, and Cyrus, to Bare Noize, Lost, Rebel Sonix & Aquadrop.

Gaining consistent support from the biggest tastemakers, the label's singles and compilations have gone on to reach the top echelons of all the leading download store charts including iTunes, Beatport and Juno.

This album is a journey back through the years, showcasing 20 completely unmixed tracks including forthcoming exclusives all the way across to the label's biggest anthems since it's launch.

Thanks for all your support over the years and we hope you enjoy the album"

Monday, November 15, 2010

Riva Starr introduces us to his brand new alter-ego, STARR TRAXX and takes us back... way back.

With plenty of punch and lashings of funk the piano riff of "More" draws inspiration from by gone house classics, while a simple male vocal gives it some early '90s flavor.

Bulgarian producer Kink takes time out from rekindling acid house classics to rework "More" into a timeless gem, using deep keys and a spread of 90's sounds, whilst Pirupa & Pigi retain the harder-edged dance floor aesthetics of the original.

In Snatch! tradition this powerful piano led cut, with its vibrant house vibe, shows just how comfortably Riva can navigate the musical spectrum.

Friday, November 12, 2010

After extensive 2010 festival appearances which included HMV’s inaugural Next Big Thing Festival and - from 2,000 acts - to officially open SXSW 2010, Welsh act Polly Mackey & The Pleasure Principle release their debut commercially-released single ‘Higher’ via The Playground Records. Produced by Robert Harder (Babyshambles, Brian Eno, David Byrne), ‘Higher’ combines Polly’s reflective lyrical talent, thumping rhythms and an anthemic driving chorus that won’t be leaving you any time soon.

The Welsh band’s ‘fan only’ E.P. ‘Silent Film’ received extensive national & regional radio play with the track ‘The Wall’ recently being featured on an episode of BBC Radio 1 online/BBC 2 Television's teen drama series The Cut – an episode which also featured tracks from Florence & The Machine, Thom Yorke, Mumford & Sons and The Pixies.

With all of these plus an unusually large number of other impressive early accomplishments behind them, 2010/2011 can be clearly seen as a breakthrough period for the band.

JEUCE is in charge of remix duties here and they don't disappoint with their amazing and moving rework!

Friday, November 05, 2010

Party, DJ and Producer crew Boemklatsch has teamed up with Mike Lord to make a song fit for peaktime dance moments. One More Day is already played on BBC1 radio and has major support from DJ's around the globe. Remixers High Rankin, Hidden Cat, PeaceTreaty and Stereo Killaz do their interpretation of this 'goodvibe' track. B side Nukes Of Hazard is more Techno-ish, so combined with remixers RipTidE and Shameboy it fits well in the whole release. Tracklist: 1A Boemklatsch ft Mike Lord - One More Day (Original)
2A Boemklatsch ft Mike Lord - One More Day (Radio edit)
3A Boemklatsch ft Mike Lord - One More Day (High Ranking remix)
4A Boemklatsch ft Mike Lord - One More Day (PeaceTreaty remix) !!!!!!!!!!!!!HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
5A Boemklatsch ft Mike Lord - One More Day (Stereo Killaz remix)
6A Boemklatsch ft Mike Lord - One More Day (Hidden Cat remix)
1B Boemklatsch - Nukes Of Hazard (Original)
2B Boemklatsch - Nukes Of Hazard (Shameboy remix) !!!!HOT!!!!
3B Boemklatsch - Nukes Of Hazard (RipTidE remix)